Two more Jewish cemeteries in New Zealand were desecrated. Last week, red swastikas were found on the solitary Jewish headstone honoring 14 people that stands in the cemetery of the tiny town of Wanganui, and the headstone itself was smashed. Also, four headstones were toppled over in the Symonds Street Cemetery in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland.
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